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FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference in New York. The AP reported Nov. 3, 2017, that a viral online story claiming Goodell had been ousted from his post leading the league was untrue. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

FILE - This June 5, 2017, file photo, shows an Aldi’s Food Market in Salem, N.H. Aldi’s told The Associated Press on Oct. 31, 2017, the company has received no reports of women being drugged in its parking lots despite a viral story circulating online. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 file photo, emergency personnel work at the scene of a collision between an Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers and a garbage truck in Crozet, Va. On Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, The Associated Press has found that stories circulating on the internet claiming the accident was a “deep state” assassination attempt are untrue. (Zack Wajsgrasu/The Daily Progress via AP)

FILE - This image made available by NASA on Friday, July 24, 2015 shows a combination of images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft with enhanced colors to show differences in the composition and texture of Pluto’s surface. On Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, The Associated Press has found that stories circulating on the internet claiming Pluto has been officially reclassified as a planet are untrue. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2018 file photo, a woman works at the Emergency Operations Training Facility in Fridley, Minn., showing a camera view of U.S. Bank Stadium as security preparations for the Feb. 4 Super Bowl in Minneapolis continue. On Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, The Associated Press has found that stories circulating on the internet claiming the Antifa group is planning a Super Bowl terrorist attack are untrue. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

Not real news: A look at what didn’t happen this week

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference in New York. The AP reported Nov. 3, 2017, that a viral online story claiming Goodell had been ousted from his post leading the league was untrue. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

FILE - This June 5, 2017, file photo, shows an Aldi’s Food Market in Salem, N.H. Aldi’s told The Associated Press on Oct. 31, 2017, the company has received no reports of women being drugged in its parking lots despite a viral story circulating online. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 file photo, emergency personnel work at the scene of a collision between an Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers and a garbage truck in Crozet, Va. On Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, The Associated Press has found that stories circulating on the internet claiming the accident was a “deep state” assassination attempt are untrue. (Zack Wajsgrasu/The Daily Progress via AP)

FILE - This image made available by NASA on Friday, July 24, 2015 shows a combination of images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft with enhanced colors to show differences in the composition and texture of Pluto’s surface. On Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, The Associated Press has found that stories circulating on the internet claiming Pluto has been officially reclassified as a planet are untrue. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2018 file photo, a woman works at the Emergency Operations Training Facility in Fridley, Minn., showing a camera view of U.S. Bank Stadium as security preparations for the Feb. 4 Super Bowl in Minneapolis continue. On Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, The Associated Press has found that stories circulating on the internet claiming the Antifa group is planning a Super Bowl terrorist attack are untrue. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts:

NOT REAL: Head of Democratic Party hit with federal charges — hauled out in handcuffs.

THE FACTS: Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley was not recently arrested and taken away in handcuffs after being indicted on several felonies and misdemeanors. The stories on Conservative Army and Right Wing News sites are running a story built on decade-old criminal allegations and do not make clear that most of the charges were dropped. Worley was indicted in 2007, while serving as Alabama’s secretary of state, on charges that stemmed from campaign material she sent to her employees while serving in that office during her 2006 re-election bid. In 2012, she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of soliciting campaign support from office staff.

NOT REAL: A Muslim waitress denied service to churchgoers at a Michigan Waffle House

THE FACTS: A false story circulating online claims a Muslim waitress refused to seat a group group of 27 Christian choir singers at a Waffle House in Michigan. Waffle House doesn’t operate any restaurants in Michigan. The location used in the story is also fictious. “It’s not a true story,” Pat Warner, a spokesman for Waffle House, said. The false report first began circulating earlier this year on a satire site but resurfaced in an online blog again this week. (Continued below.)

THE FACTS: Online claims that aluminum is bad for your health are not new. One that surfaced this week claims aluminum is “neurotoxic” and can lead to mental decline — even Alzheimer’s disease. Everyday exposure to aluminum is not considered a health hazard, experts say, and it is nearly impossible to avoid the metal. Most food, water, air and soil contain some aluminum. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the best way to avoid consuming aluminum is to limit intake of antacids and buffered aspirin.

This is part of The Associated Press’ ongoing effort to fact-check misinformation that is shared widely online, including work with Facebook to identify and reduce the circulation of false stories on the platform.